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$15.68 Shipping Location: EVESHAM, United Kingdom The animal is depicted in a naturalistic manner, with eyes, large hump and tall antlers. Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about ... more24 km (15 mi) west of Sahiwal. The current village of Harappa is less than 1 km (0.62 mi) from the ancient site.
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$31.37 Shipping Location: FOREST ROW, United Kingdom ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANKH CROSS STATUE - 664 - 332bc. Egyptian Empire (3100BC to 30 BC). The Lot may vary slightly from those images. Ancient Chinese Empires: ... moreShang (1751-1111 BC), Chou (1000-800 BC), etc.
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Free Shipping Location: Ardres, France Its roots can be traced back 4500 years to the ancient city of Mohenjodaro in the Indus Valley Civilization.The name Dokra or Dhokra has been used to ... morerefer to a group of nomadic type artisans of the Dhokra Damar tribe, scattered throughout the regions of Bengal, Orisa and Madhya Pradash, whose wares have been identified by their beautifully shaped and decorated metal wares. The enchanting Dhokra art objects have designs inspired by indigenous popular culture and are characterized by a primitive and instinctive style. The main feature of Dokra carvings and ornamental products is simplicity, charming folk patterns, rustic beauty, and imaginative and intricate designs and patterns. We deliver in Incoterms® DAP (delivered at destination), this means that the goods are considered delivered whe.
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$7.49 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Lummi Island, United States The discovery of Harappa, and soon afterwards, Mohenjo-Daro, was the culmination of work beginning in 1861 with the founding of the Archaeological Survey ... moreof India in the British Raj. The Harappan language is not directly attested and its affiliation is uncertain since the Indus script is still undeciphered.
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$15.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Glass was used primarily for the production of vessels, although mosaic tiles, window glass, jewelry, beads and gemstones were also produced. The discovery ... moreof the techniques for producing glass was probably the accidental byproduct of the ancient production of faience.
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$6.00 Shipping Location: Thailand Scarce WONDERFUL ANCIENT INDUS VALLEY HARAPPAN CULTURE TERRACOTTA SEAL STAMPMATERIAL: terracotta. ORIGION: indus valley. SIZE: See Photo.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Oxford University Press (1978). Pages: 134. The Oxford University collection of Greek, Etruscan and Roman gems and rings is one of the most ... morerepresentative in the world. REVIEW : Oxford University's collection of Greek, Etruscan and Roman gems and rings, in the Ashmolean Museum, is one of the most representative in the world.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Thrace was to fall to the great Persian armies of Darius the Great in the late sixth century B.C., and subsequently to Alexander the Great in the fourth ... morecentury B.C. Thereafter Thrace was ruled by the Macedonians until Macedonia was stripped of its territories after its third war with the Romans.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: Lummi Island, United States Together they illustrate the long history of the practice from about 3000 BC to the 19th century AD. She includes black-and-white photographs of all of ... morethem and color photographs of 20 [Book News]. A few famous examples of ancient Greek jewelry, such as an earring in the form of a siren, is a charming example of Greek jeweler's modeling.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The entire series is truly a magnificent introduction to the history of the era. If you could have just one book (or series of books) to introduce the ... morehistory of humankind, this would have to be it.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Ferndale, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$15.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Glass was used primarily for the production of vessels, although mosaic tiles, window glass, jewelry, beads and gemstones were also produced. The discovery ... moreof the techniques for producing glass was probably the accidental byproduct of the ancient production of faience.
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$11.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States He was Guest Curator at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison for the exhibition on the Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, which toured the ... moreU.S. in 1998-1999. He has also been co-curator of the “Tana-Bana: Warp and Weft - The Woven soul of Pakistan”, exhibition with Noorjehan Bilgrami and J. M. Kenoyer, at the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, February, 2003, and at the Mingeikan Museum, Tokyo, April-May 2004.
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$7.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art (1997). Pages: 150. Major types of Greek and Etruscan jewelry from the seventh to the first centuries B.C. are well represented, ... morealong with a few Roman imperial works.
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$31.37 Shipping Location: FOREST ROW, United Kingdom This Piece is in the Original Uncleaned Condition and is Amazing For its Age. The Stone is Ancient not the Ring Shank. Ancient Chinese Empires: Shang ... more(1751-1111 BC), Chou (1000-800 BC), etc. The Lot may vary slightly from those images.
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$13.49 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States It has gone missing, part of the looting that has taken place across Iraq since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. They serve as reminders of magnificent ancient ... moreart that may be lost forever. More than fifty experts in the field have contributed entries on individual works of art and essays covering a wide range of subjects.
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$16.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Genuine Ancient Roman Iridescent Blown Glass Vial. CLASSIFICATION: Ancient Roman Blown Glass Vial. ATTRIBUTION: Eastern Roman Empire(Syria) 1st Century ... moreA.D. SIZE/MEASUREMENTS: Height: 80 millimeters(3 1/4 inches) Bowl Diameter: 11 millimeters(1/2 inch) Neck Diameter: 8 millimeters(1/3 inch) Top Lip Diameter: 16 millimeters(2/3 inch) Weight: 5.99 grams. CONDITION: Very good. Complete but likely repaired(professionally, probably by a conservator) Fairly uncommon style. Minor scratches and scuffs consistent with use and then burial in soil. Heavy layer of iridescence and soil deposits caused by prolonged burial in soil) DETAIL: This is a very handsome first century A.D. Roman blown glass vial of reasonably nice dimensions. Most Roman glass vessels recovered complete(intact or repairable) are between 1 ½ and 3 inches in size. This specimen is over 3 inches tall! It possesses a heavy(albeit patchy) iridescent burial patina which is silver in color with plays of green. Blue, pink and purple. Though you can see some of the original green-colored glass peeking out, the silver iridescent covering is quite striking, very beautiful, and relatively uncommon. These small jars, pitchers, unguentariums, jugs, bottles, jars and flasks were used to contain aromatic oils, perfumes, medicinal ointments, and cosmetics. It is not to say that the Romans did not use larger pieces of glass on their tables such as bowls and cups; and even larger containers for transporting foodstuffs; because they did. In fact whatever the Romans had produced in clay in the first and second centuries B.C. was by the first and second centuries A.D. more commonly produced in glass. However the larger pieces of glass are rarely found intact. The Romans for instance produced fluted. Engraved, multi-tiered, and cut glass bowls of fantastic quality and design– and only a few intact specimens have ever been recovered intact. In fact even the medium-sized pieces such as this, and even smaller sized pieces are rarely recovered intact except
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